Tire-protector.



W. H. RIUE.

TIRE PROTECTOR.

APPLIGATXON FILED MAY ze. 1906.

Patented, Dea. i5, 1908.

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that. I, WILLIAM H. l Rionfa @it-igienici; the-United.. States., residing at Beilv v .inthe county of Berrieniand' '.StatelotlMiclngan, have invented lnew and- Afl-lseul;Improve.I nents in. Tired?rote'ctcns, of

. whichfthevfollowing'is a specification.

' tion of my improved tire protectonf 'is a bottom plan of one of the sections of my 4.itsgf primary* ob fhig ilyuse-ful d .comprises a vlurality of metal sections conl 'nected toget er in a manner to provide inef- :f ect a practically `integral protector and to 'trated in My, invention-relates to tire protectora. and

levice of this character which permit the sections ito have limited relative II'lOYelIiellte toypl'event 'the protector froml (tl'etracting fromthe .elastic qualities of the ire. r .f

A. further objectof theinvention is to rovide' the sections with arms by which t e maybe secured to a wheel, saidarms yielc ing laterally under the force exerted thereon bythe lateral enlargement of that ortion of the tire .bearing ythe weight of tlie wheel, whereby also to.' prevent the protector from ietracting from the elastic qualities of the A-vstill further object is to provide aprotector which will prevent the slippagev of the "wheel, one which may beapp ed "and removed. readily and-quickly and one which may be manufactured and sold at a connV paratively low cost.

A'With the above and other objects in View, the invention'consists of the construction, combinationand arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed and illusthey accompanying drawings, wherein: y I' y l j Figure 1 is an elevation of fragmentary portions of a wheel, illustrating the ap lice 1g. 2

improved Vtire protector. Fig. 3 is a vertical central and longitudinalsection of the felly 4and tire lof a wheel e uipped .Withrny imp ig. 4 is a-tr'ansverse section on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a proved tire protector,

section on the line 5.-'-5 of Fig. 4.

.5.0 Referring lto vthe drawings/ by .reference numerals,2 designates the hub, 3 the s okes and 4 the -fellyof awheel of the usua construction..' A pneumatic Vtire 5, also of the usual construction, v'is secured to the felly 4.

My improved tire protector comprises metal sections, which are secured to the tire to .fully inclosevl the circumference thereof to Y Specification of Letters Patent. f la1;unanimi fried Myae, 1906. serai No. 318,962.

Iect is to provide a novel and' Trnnaorn cron; l.

:with a roadway, thus 'preventing the `tire from 'I vwearing andA becoming punctured. The sections are curved to ysnugly fit thetire PatentedDec..1125.,

x prevent `the tire fromcontactingldirectly l l sel and comprise tread portions 6,beyond which v each section-is extended in arlongitudinal direction toprovide a' tongue 7. The. tread"y portions .adjacenttheir opposite ends are;

provided with pairs of relatively spaced par-l allel slits 8; and-those .portionsbetweenthe slits are bent outwardly to provide keepers Si; 1

Thetongue 7 of onelofthe Sections `'overlaps .the adjacent end of the next section l and is inserted under its keeper-8l to prevent the' overlapped portions" of. .the 'sections yieldingradially beyond the treadl otl the protector.v The tongues 7. slidably engage y in the keeper 8` to 'permit thesections to 'move relatively yto prevent `the protectorfrom detractingnfrom the .elastic qualities of lthe tire. The tread surfaces of the sections may be provided with longitudinally extending ribs 9,-. as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or with transversely extending ribs 9, as seen in Figs. 44 and 5 of the drawings, to increase the traction of the protector. Arms 10;'which 'project laterally and centrally from thelongitudinal edges o f the sections 'and form inte ral parts thereof, are bent to dispose their ree ends in overaped. relation across the inner surface ofthe y 4.' The overlapped portions ofthe arms 10 are provided wlt` elongated registering openings 11, through which project threade bolts 12, said bolts engaging the felly 4 to j retain the sections in applied position. The provision of the arms 1,0 with the clon ated o enings 11 permits the arms to yield atera y under the pressure of the'lateralyenlargement of that portionof the tire which bears the weight ofthe wheel, also to prevent the protector from detracting from the elastic qualities of 'the tire. The bolts 1.2 are headed and the heads 4are disposed suiiiciently above the felly 4 to permit each section to have an inward movement relative to the felly 4. A shoe 13 i's interposed between the tire 5 'and the protector to revent the movements of the lsections of tie protector from wearing the tire. IThe shoe may be. con-' structed' of leather, canvas, or any material suitable-forv the urpose. y

An, air pump'Earr-el 14 is mounted in the tire 5. and has secured to its inner end an inwardly opening valve 15.- A piston-head 16 .is'mounted in the barrel 14 and is provided [and the tire to permit the inward movement 'Lthe section relative 'The provision of the departing from the spirit or sacriicing :any ofthe advantages thereof'. s

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

.1. The combination with a wheel anda tire secured thereto, of a protector for the' tire, said protector comprising sections,

a,'pistor1\i17,-l tiie head 18 of which pro- ]'ects lbeyond the tireand; is interposed between? one, .f ythe sections of' theprotector to the' felly 4 to force 'nward and thus force. air into the tire. A spring -19 ,isllocated above the piston head 16 to 'retain the piston headl18 yieldingiy' 'I'irojectedj After the section between whichv and the- 'tirethe piston 1 8 is located, is moved by the rotation,l ofthe Wheel out of contact with the roadway,'the' spring 19 lforces thepiston head and said section outward te permit the operation of the vpump when his section is again brought into engagement'wvith the roadway.

tire wih this 'pump provides -means for replacing s wsleakage of air from the tire an retainsthe tire in a normal condition. f i

vFrom the foregoing description taken in connection with the accom anying drawings, the construction and mo e of operation of the invention will 'be understood without a further extended description. 'i

Chan es yin the form, vproportions -.and minor.Vv etails of construction may be made the scope of the invention without the piston head -16 ortion rovided with a' keeper and extended ongitu inaiiy to provide ally'n'n both directions to rovide arms, said arms being adapted to emrace the tire and felly, and fastening means for the arms.

tire secured thereto, of a protector for thc tire, saidv rotector comprising sections provided wit arms' disposed in loverla 'ed relation across the inner surface of the ielily, fastening means `for the arms, and a pump locatedthe protector.

In testimony in presence' of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM H; l RICE. Witnesses /BLENDA R. SEABURG, l

WILLIAM C. HrcKs.

a tongue and laterl2. The combination with 'a wheel and-al each` ofsaid sections consisting of a tread in the 'tire 4and having its piston` "projected beyond'the tire and located 'within SQA whereof, I affix my signature 

